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9 Fun Facts About that Beatles Rooftop Concert
Forty seven years ago today the Fab Four assembled on a London rooftop. They couldn’t know it then, but that…
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‘Finest Hours’ Sails Past Soggy Storytelling
In 1952, a small Coast Guard crew rode to the rescue of a sinking tanker, challenging a storm that would make…
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3 Times a Charm for ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Sequel
Raise your hand if you saw ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ and left the theater begging for more. No hands, eh?…
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‘Lazer Team’ Isn’t the Cult Classic It Strains to Be
“Dude, Where’s My Car” may have been shamelessly dumb, but it had consistently successful, even witty, gags. The same can’t…
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Why Susan Sarandon’s Hillary Slam is Dead Wrong
The Oscar winner appeared at an Iowa rally Wednesday to talk up Sen. Bernie Sanders’ insurgent presidential campaign. Why not back…
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How ‘Lazer Team’ Beat Hollywood at Its Own Game
A similar scenario haunts the crowdfunding world. “There’s a lot of people who decry Hollywood’s approach to reboots and sequels,…
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How ‘The Finest Hours’ Honors America at Its Best
It’s the kind of selfless spirit producer Jim Whitaker hoped to capture in “The Finest Hours,” the epic retelling of…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Boogie Nights’ (1997)
What makes “Boogie Nights” different is, of course, is the porn industry backdrop. More specifically, the porn world of the late…
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‘Seinfeld’ Scribe: Why Jerry Never Got on a Soapbox
“Seinfeld” writer Peter Mehlman is perhaps the leader of that elite group. He created such classic terms as “Yada Yada”…
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Director Brings Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ Back from the Grave
The director’s “Frankenstein,” screening Feb. 1 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Littleton, updates the story’s setting to modern-day Los Angeles.…
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